The Aspen Music Festival and School is a world-renowned classical music festival held annually in Aspen, Colorado, attracting some of the world's most talented musicians to perform and teach over an eight-week summer season. With venues throughout Aspen, including the Michael Klein Music Tent, Harris Concert Hall, and the Wheeler Opera House.
2025 Schedule
July 8 | 6:30pm | Klein Music Tent | 2025 Opera Benefit: An Evening at Café Momus
Aug 11 | 6pm | Hurst Hall | 2025 Season Benefit: A Feast of Music
July 2 | 6pm | Hurst Hall | Low Strings Concerto Competition
July 5 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
July 7 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
July 11 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
July 12 | 1pm | Top of Aspen Mountain | Music on the Mountain
July 12 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
July 12 | 6pm | Hurst Hall | Violin Concerto Competition
July 14 | 6pm | Aspen Art Museum | Music with a View
July 17 | 8pm | Hurst Hall | Woodwinds Concerto Competition
July 18 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
July 19 | 1pm | Top of Aspen Mountain | Music on the Mountain
July 19 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
July 22 | 8pm | Hurst Hall | Brass Bash I
July 24 | 8pm | Klein Music Tent | Wind Orchestra Recital
July 25 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
July 26 | 1pm | Top of Aspen Mountain | Music on the Mountain
July 26 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
July 28 | 5pm | Hurst Hall | Brass Concerto Competition
July 29 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
Aug 1 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Aug 2 | 1pm | Top of Aspen Mountain | Music on the Mountain
Aug 2 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
Aug 6 | 6pm | Hurst Hall | Piano Concerto Competition
Aug 7 | 5pm | Anderson Ranch Arts Center | Anderson Ranch: AMFS Guitar Students in Recital
Aug 8 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Aug 9 | 1pm | Top of Aspen Mountain | Music on the Mountain
Aug 9 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
Aug 9 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | Woodwind Bash I
Aug 11 | 6pm | Aspen Art Museum | Music with a View
Aug 12 | 8pm | Klein Music Tent | Wind Orchestra Recital
Aug 15 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Aug 16 | 1pm | Top of Aspen Mountain | Music on the Mountain
Aug 16 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
Aug 16 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Alexander Malofeev
Aug 17 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | Woodwind Bash II
Aug 18 | 6pm | Aspen Art Museum | Music with a View
Aug 20 | 7:30pm | Hurst Hall | Brass Bash II
Aug 23 | 4:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Chamber Music
July 6 | 10am | Edlis Neeson Hall | Piano Department Master Class
July 7 | 10:30am | Pitkin County Library | Tunes and Tales
July 8 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
July 9 | 10:30am | Basalt Regional Library | Tunes and Tales
July 10 | 10am | Harris Concert Hall | Piano Department Master Class
July 15 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
July 16 | 10:30am | Basalt Regional Library | Tunes and Tales
July 17 | 10:30am | Pitkin County Library | Tunes and Tales
July 20 | 10am | Edlis Neeson Hall | Piano Department Master Class
July 20 | 11am | Harris Concert Hall | Breath Work Master Class with Stephen King
July 22 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
July 23 | 10:30am | Basalt Regional Library | Tunes and Tales
July 24 | 10:30am | Pitkin County Library | Tunes and Tales
July 27 | 10am | Edlis Neeson Hall | Piano Department Master Class
July 30 | 10:30am | Basalt Regional Library | Tunes and Tales
July 31 | 10:30am | Pitkin County Library | Tunes and Tales
Aug 3 | 10am | Piano Department Master Class
Aug 5 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
Aug 7 | 10am | Harris Concert Hall | Piano Department Master Class
Aug 12 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
Aug 17 | 10am | Edlis Neeson Hall | Piano Department Master Class
Aug 19 | 1pm | Harris Concert Hall | Harris Concert Hall Master Class
Aug 21 | 10am | Harris Concert Hall | Piano Department Master Class
Aug 23 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Arias and Scenes written by AMFS Composition Fellows
July 2 | 4pm | Karetsky Music Lawn | A Mariachi Celebration Fiesta
July 2 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | A Mariachi Celebration
July 6 | 2:30pm | Karetsky Music Lawn | Community Pride Celebration
July 11 | 7pm | Meadows Hospitality Tent | AMFS Appreciation Event
July 19 | 9am | Meadows Hospitality Tent | Kids Notes
July 19 | 10am | Klein Music Tent | Family Concert
Aug 3 | 2:30pm | Meadows Campus | Ice Cream Social
July 6 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
July 9 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
July 10 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Connecting Music, Others and Ourselves: Conscious Listening with Pianist, Hsing-ay Hsu
July 11 | 12:30pm | Crossroads Church | Art of Listening
July 13 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
July 16 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
July 18 | 12:30pm | Crossroads Church | The Art of Listening
July 20 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
July 23 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
July 25 | 12:30pm | Crossroads Church | The Art of Listening
July 27 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
July 30 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
Aug 1 | 12:30pm | Crossroads Church | The Art of Listening
Aug 3 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
Aug 6 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
Aug 8 | 12:30pm | Crossroads Church | The Art of Listening
Aug 10 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
Aug 13 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
Aug 15 | 12:30pm | Crossroads Church | The Art of Listening
Aug 17 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
Aug 20 | 12pm | Hotel Jerome | High Notes Panel Discussion
Aug 24 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Prelude: Preconcert Talk
July 5 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Arias and Scenes
July 11 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Beethoven's Iconic Fifth Symphony
July 12 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Art Song
July 15 | 7:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Special Event: My Fair Lady in Concert
July 19 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Arias and Scenes
July 21 | 7pm | Wheeler Opera House | Mozart's Così fan tutte, K. 588
July 23 | 7pm | Wheeler Opera House | Mozart's Così fan tutte, K. 588
July 26 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Historic Singers Lecture
July 26 | 7pm | Wheeler Opera House | Mozart's Così fan tutte, K. 588
Aug 2 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Arias and Scenes
Aug 6 | 7pm | Harris Concert Hall | Handel's Messiah
Aug 9 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Arias and Scenes
Aug 16 | 10am | Wheeler Opera House | Opera Encounters: Arias and Scenes
Aug 19 | 7:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Puccini's La bohème
July 5 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Mendelssohn's "Reformation" and Bruch
July 5 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Mendelssohn's "Reformation" and Bruch
July 6 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with Joyce Yang
July 6 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with Joyce Yang
July 9 | 5pm | Klein Music Tent | Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
July 11 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Beethoven's Iconic Fifth Symphony
July 13 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Barnatan and Conlon with Literary Notes: Bernstein and Shostakovich
July 13 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Barnatan and Conlon with Literary Notes: Bernstein and Shostakovich
July 16 | 5pm | Klein Music Tent | Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
July 18 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Elgar and Vaughn Williams
July 18 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Elgar and Vaughn Williams
July 20 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Seong-Jin Cho Plays Mendelssohn Piano Concerto
July 20 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Seong-Jin Cho Plays Mendelssohn Piano Concerto
July 23 | 5pm | Klein Music Tent | Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
July 25 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Brahms's Third Symphony, Ravel, and More
July 25 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Brahms's Third Symphony, Ravel, and More
July 27 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
July 27 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Aug 1 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Ravel Piano Concerto with Lise de la Salle
Aug 1 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Ravel Piano Concerto with Lise de la Salle
Aug 2 | 8pm | Klein Music Tent | Siddhartha, She
Aug 3 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Shaham Plays Bruch Violin Concerto
Aug 3 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Shaham Plays Bruch Violin Concerto
Aug 6 | 5pm | Klein Music Tent | Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
Aug 8 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Glover Leads Schubert's "The Great" Symphony
Aug 8 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Glover Leads Schubert's "The Great" Symphony
Aug 10 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Hadelich Plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Aug 10 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Hadelich Plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Aug 13 | 5pm | Klein Music Tent | Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
Aug 15 | 9am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Aug 15 | 5:30 | Klein Music Tent | Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Aug 17 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Ravel's Bolero, Alisa Weilerstein
Aug 17 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Ravel's Bolero, Alisa Weilerstein
Aug 20 | 5pm | Klein Music Tent | Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra
Aug 24 | 9:30am | Klein Music Tent | Dress Rehearsal: Beethoven's "Emperor" and Holt's "The Planets"
Aug 24 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Beethoven's "Emperor" and Holt's "The Planets"
July 3 | 7pm | Klein Music Tent | Special Event: The Music of John Williams and More
July 4 | 4pm | Klein Music Tent | Fourth of July Concert
Aug 22 | 5:30pm | Klein Music Tent | Patti LuPone in Concert: A Life in Notes
July 2 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | Conrad Tao
July 7 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | An Evening with Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark, and Joshua Roman
July 9 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 9 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | An Evening of Pierre Boulez
July 10 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 10 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Steven Osborne piano
July 10 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | String Showcase
July 11 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
July 12 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
July 12 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Isabel Leonard
July 13 | 7pm | Aspen Community Church | A Recital by Ken Cowan
July 14 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
July 14 | 5:30pm | Aspen Center for Physics | Aspen Center for Physics Piano Recital
July 14 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta
July 16 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 16 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Tom Borrow
July 17 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 17 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Spotlight Recital
July 17 | 5:15pm | Basalt Regional Library | Basalt Regional Library Recital
July 17 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan
July 17 | 8pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | String Showcase
July 18 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
July 19 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
July 19 | 6:30pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | Sonata Showcase
July 19 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the Brentano Quartet
July 20 | 7pm | Aspen Chapel | Art Song Showcase
July 21 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
July 21 | 5:30pm | Aspen Center for Physics | Aspen Center for Physics Piano Recital
July 22 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Seong-jin Cho
July 23 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 23 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the American Brass Quintet
July 24 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | ABQ Seminar @Aspen Recital
July 24 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Spotlight Recital
July 24 | 5:15pm | Basalt Regional Library | Basalt Regional Library Recital
July 24 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
July 24 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | String Showcase
July 25 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
July 26 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
July 26 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Pekka Kuusisto and Nico Muhly
July 28 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
July 28 | 5:30pm | Aspen Center for Physics | Aspen Center for Physics Piano Recital
July 28 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Mikhail Voskresensky
July 29 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Gil Shamam and Adele Anthony
July 30 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 30 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Pierre-Laurent Aimard
July 31 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
July 31 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Spotlight Recital
July 31 | 5:15pm | Basalt Regional Library | Basalt Regional Library Recital
July 31 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the Takács Quartet
July 31 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | String Showcase
Aug 1 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 2 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
Aug 2 | 6:30pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | Sontana Showcase
Aug 3 | 7pm | Aspen Chapel | Art Song Showcase
Aug 4 | 12pm | Meadows Campus | Recital: Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano plays Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux
Aug 4 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 4 | 5:30pm | Aspen Center for Physics | Aspen Center for Physics Piano Recital
Aug 4 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the Percussion Ensemble
Aug 5 | 7:30pm | Klein Music Tent | An Evening with Lang Lang
Aug 6 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
Aug 7 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Spotlight Recital
Aug 7 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Spotlight Recital
Aug 7 | 5:15pm | Basalt Regional Library | Basalt Regional Library Recital
Aug 7 | 6pm | harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the Cliburn Competition Winner
Aug 7 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson Hall | String Showcase
Aug 8 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 9 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
Aug 9 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Davône Tines and John Bitoy
Aug 10 | 7pm | Aspen Chapel | Art Song Showcase
Aug 11 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 11 | 5:30pm | Aspen Center for Physics | Aspen Center for Physics Piano Recital
Aug 12 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Augustin Hadelich and Orion Weiss
Aug 13 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Sharon Isbin
Aug 14 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | Guitar Recital
Aug 14 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Spotlight Recital
Aug 14 | 5:15pm | Basalt Regional Library | Basalt Regional Library Recital
Aug 14 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Yefim Bronfman
Aug 14 | 7pm | Edlis Neeson | String Showcase
Aug 15 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 16 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
Aug 16 | 6:30pm | Sonata Showcase
Aug 18 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 18 | 5:30pm | Aspen Center for Physics | Aspen Center for Physics Piano Recital
Aug 18 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Scott Dunn
Aug 20 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Robert McDuffie
Aug 21 | 3pm | Harris Concert Hall | AOTVA/Composer Project Recital
Aug 21 | 3pm | Hurst Hall | Spotlight Marathon
Aug 21 | 5pm | Aspen Chapel | Spotlight Recital
Aug 21 | 6pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by Aubree Oliverson and Yanfeng Tony Bai
Aug 22 | 2:30pm | Pitkin County Library | Spotlight Recital
Aug 23 | 1:30pm | Aspen Community Church | Spotlight Recital
Aug 23 | 7:30pm | Harris Concert Hall | A Recital by the Isidore Quartet
